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The Cutting Room: Broken

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In England to make a fresh start after a harrowing childhood, Evie takes a job as an agency carer and is quickly placed with tetraplegic patient John. But looking after the bitter former rock star and his excessive demands is emotionally and physically draining. Forced to go beyond the call of duty and tormented by …

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Algernon Blackwood

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Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Algernon Blackwood It’s impossible to talk to about Weird fiction without mentioning Algernon Blackwood. Considered one of the giants of the genre, Blackwood’s tales define weird fiction, as well as provide textbook examples of weird fiction’s slightly younger, meaner sister, cosmic horror. A contemporary of H.P. Lovecraft, Blackwood actually published …

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5 Must Read Horror Articles 23 August 2016

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Welcome to Must Read Horror, where we search the internet for the best horror articles of the week so you don’t have to. Without further ado: Top 10 Horror Movie Suicides Favourite Video Game Adaptations Composer Fabio Frizzi Interview Charlie Clouser Interview Why Ingrate Fanboys Need To let Go Of Territorialism For more articles like …

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Look Out For … Albion Fay by Mark Morris and Catacombs Of Terror by Stanley Donwood

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Look Out For … Albion Fay by Mark Morris “Albion Fay is at once a familiar horror tale and something disconcertingly different.” Albion Fay, a holiday house in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by nature’s bounty. For the adults, a time for relaxation and to recharge the batteries, while for the children, a chance for exploration …

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The Cutting Room: 31

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A camper van of carnival workers are kidnapped in the middle of nowhere by a trio of debauched decadents. Set loose in a derelict factory compound full of creepy passages containing nasty traps, the abductors led by Father Murder place bets on who will survive the longest in a 12-hour period of pain and maim …

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Ghost Tours: Alone in the Asylum

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Alone in buildings in a haunted lunatic asylum? Really? Someone does that by choice? Walks around a haunted 1800s lunatic asylum on their own, with very little in the way of lighting and a heap of ghost-hunting equipment? Yep. Seems I do that. It all started about six weeks ago. “Go and do a live-feed …

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Look Out For … Crooked by Austin Grossman and Something Remains

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Look Out For … Crooked by Austin Grossman “Crooked is a tragicomedy combining political intrigue and Lovecraftian monstrosities.” This is the story of the great con game that was the late twentieth century, of American history’s worst presidency, of how I learned to lie. It is not history as you know it. There are at …

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The Cutting Room – The ReZort

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In the aftermath of an apocalyptic zombie outbreak, rich holidaymakers can visit a luxury theme park where every paying guest has a license to kill the captive undead in organised Zombie Safaris. Such Zafaris are the ultimate blood sport experience and for many much-needed therapeutic revenge for suffering horrendous family losses. When the security system …

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Injured Eyeballs: Who the Fuck are the Horror Mood Team? Part 1

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It’s been a while since I did a ‘Who the Fuck Is…? feature in this column, focussing on writers and comic artists who aren’t anywhere near as celebrated as they should be. This time around I want to focus, not just on an artist, but a whole line of black and white horror comics from …

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Look Out For … A Brutal Chill In August by Alan M. Clark and Uncertainties Volumes 1 & 2

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Look Out For … A Brutal Chill In August by Alan M. Clark “A Brutal Chill In August shows the human tragedy behind Jack the Ripper’s crimes.” We all know about Jack the Ripper, the serial murderer who terrorised Whitechapel and confounded police in 1888, but how much do we really know about his victims? …

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